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Bond No. 9's Blank-Bottle Contest

Last month, Laurice Rahme of Bond No. 9 launched a new unisex fragrance to celebrate the New York City's Left Bank: Brooklyn! The borough is a preferred location for a new generation of all kinds of artists.

The fragrance itself is very Brooklyn. No, no, there's no hint of the Gowanus Canal or Flatbush Avenue. What I mean is that the scent possesses a vibrant energy with a moody edge, embodying refreshing notes of grapefruit and cardamom, followed by calming cypress wood, geranium leaves, and juniper berries, along with leather and guaiac-wood bottom notes. Laurice created a wonderful portrait of Brooklyn with this fragrance. It's a great scent. I love it.

But apparently Laurice got a lot of responses to the urban, graffitied bottle design. (Looks kind of 1980s, doesn't it?)Now Bond No. 9 is doing something really fun: the company is inviting you to design the packaging. (Think: Absolute Vodka ads.) Two winners will be picked in early April, and the designs will be put into production A.S.A.P., with the winners' names displayed on the glass. Each winner will also receive one flacon of Brooklyn per month for a year. That's a good thing, because Brooklyn real estate is high: $220 per bottle!

Visit bondno09.com for guidelines, and forward this post to anyone you think might be interested in submitting his or her design.